Tramontana

Definition: Tramontana

Tramontana

Noun

1. A cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean.

Date "tramontana" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Etymology: Tramontana \Tra`mon*ta"na\, noun. [Italian See Tramontane.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Tramontana

Domain	Definition
Geography	A cold wind from the northeast or north. . . squally or tempestuous, dry. . . it. . lasts. . 8 to 12 days, mainly in winter and early spring; it rises to a peak at midday and weakens at night. Source: European Union. (references)
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Modern Usage: Tramontana

Commercial Usage: Tramontana

Domain	Title
Books	Tramontana (reference) Tramontana : magyar önkéntesek Franciaországban (reference) Tramontana und Scirocco : zum Kulturwandel in Mittelitalien zwischen Faschismus und europäischem Markt (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Tramontana

"Tramontana" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tramontana" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tramontana

Modern Translation: Tramontana

Language		Translations for "tramontana"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		tramontane (tramontane). (various references)

Pig Latin		amontanatray
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Rhyming with "Tramontana"

Words rhyming with "tramontana" (pronounced 'Tra`mon*ta"na'): Abuna, Achatina, Alcanna, Alhenna, Alumna, Amphirhina, Amphisbaena, Angina, Anna, Anona, Antenna, arena, Avena, Avifauna, Banana, Becuna, BELLADONNA, Bellona, Carina, Casuarina, Catena, Cavatina, Concertina, Coquina, Cromorna, Curtana, Czarevna, Czarina, Damiana, DIANA, Echidna, Erythrina, Galena, Gehenna, Gena, Globigerina, Glucina, Hemina, henna, Hosanna, HYENA, iguana, Krishna, lacuna, Lena, Levana, Limacina, Linguatulina, Littorina, Luna. (additional references)

Anagrams: Tramontana

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-m-n-n-o-r-t-t"
	-3 letters: annatto, arnatto, maranta, tamarao, tantara, tartana.
	-4 letters: amarna, anatto, ataman, attorn, manana, mantra, matron, natant, natron, nonart, rattan, ratton, tantra, tarama, tartan.
	-5 letters: amort, antra, aorta, aroma, atman, attar, manat, manna, manor, manta, ottar, ratan, roman, tanto, tarot, tatar, toman, trona.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-m-n-n-o-r-t-t"
	+4 letters: transamination.
	+5 letters: antirationalism, transaminations.
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